Posts Tagged ‘halloween’
Oakland Zoo’s Spookfari sleepover delights children
For the second Halloween season in a row, the Oakland Zoo hosted a “Sundown Spookfari.” The zoo staff opened up their grounds for families to stay overnight and learn about some of the animals.
Read MoreDimond library hosts spooky fun for kids
On Halloween the weekly story time was filled with spooky stories, songs and a ‘mystery box’ activity.
Read More“Spooktacular” event builds community and empowers children to follow their dreams
The event was what the library called a “spooktacular” event, co-sponsored with We Tell Our Stories Sister Film Collective, Pan-African Network and PeoplesWorld.Org. The purpose was to build confidence, self-esteem, solidarity and good mental health by encouraging kids to come dressed as people or characters they admire.
Read MorePiedmont Avenue Pumpkin Patch carries wide variety of pumpkins
The Piedmont Avenue Pumpkin Patch in Oakland features more than 15 types of pumpkins.
Read MoreGourd hoard at Piedmont Avenue Pumpkin Patch
In the pumpkin trade, it all comes down to stem size. To capture the ideal Jack-o-lantern aesthetic, a thick stem is key. That’s what Jon Goldstein, co-owner of the Piedmont Avenue Pumpkin Patch at 4414 Piedmont Ave., thinks. So stay away from the ones up for sale at chain stores, he says. Their stems are…
Read MoreThis is Halloween (in Oakland)
Halloween is always a time for creepy good fun in Oakland, so this year, we’ve dragged some of our favorite spooky stories up from the vault a little early to help you get into the … er, spirit. Check out these stories of hauntings, Halloween-themed scraper bikes, a bar that really knows how to decorate and much much more…
Read MoreOakland Halloween Events 2012
Halloween in Oakland: there is something fun for all ages.
Read MoreCostumed East Bay adults line up for competitive playground game
On Thursday night, a cast of about 40 characters gathered under the lights of the Rockridge BART parking lot for the annual pre-Halloween version of FourSquare East Bay, dubbed “Costume Square.”
Read MoreWest Oakland costumer tailors Halloween outfits in fine vintage style
From the living room of his sparsely furnished West Oakland apartment, Joseph Moreno, 30, runs a vintage costume rental business. That he can do so for just $25 per rental is perhaps the most remarkable thing about his work.
Read MoreThe Nightcap: Halloween at The Avenue
The Nightcap is a series that features a favorite Oakland drinking establishment every Friday afternoon. This week, it’s The Avenue, a Temescal dive bar that pretty much turns into a haunted house every Halloween.
Read More“Emporium” event showcases locally made Halloween costumes, risque performers
“Back in the day, your mom made your Halloween costume,” says Samantha Stevens, a filmmaker and event planner, and the creator of Thursday night’s D.I.Y. Emporium: A Benefit for Rock Paper Scissors. “That was so much better than the little dinosaur costume you would buy at Wal-Mart.” The Emporium is a combination showcase and sale of clothing, jewelry, hats and homemade costume pieces, some of which would make a mother blush.
Read MoreBill Gates, Mary Poppins and the Grim Reaper: the usual gang hits the streets for Halloween
In Rockridge, the hordes descended last night in horns, sheets, glo-lights, vampire teeth, death masks, peace sign necklaces, and extremely scary hair.
Read MoreCritical Mass Halloween Style
Bikers roll in style at Halloween eve Critical Mass in San Francisco.
Read MoreLawton lays on the cobwebs and truckloads of candy
Neighbors stock up, and one family gets to work on its pumpkins, as North Oakland’s Lawton Avenue braces for the yearly Oct 31 onslaught of trick-or-treaters from far and wide.
Read MoreHalloween fun and fund-raising at Children’s Hospital
video by CLARE MAJOR Oct. 14 — Scary was fun at Children’s Hospital Oakland this afternoon. At a costume party, sponsored by national retailer Spirit Halloween, the kids decorated pumpkins and played games. Donations collected at Spirit Halloween stores will be presented to hospitals around the country, including Children’s Hospital Oakland, in early December.
Read MorePumpkin patch helps Oakland get into Halloween spirit
story, photos and video by KRISTINE WONG At the Piedmont Pumpkin Patch, Halloween is serious business. Patch owner Jon Goldstein has stocked his grounds, near the corner of Piedmont and Pleasant Valley Avenues, with 15 types of pumpkins and an eclectic assortment of decorations and paraphernalia — and created a haunted house to boot.
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